ATLANTA (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the Milwaukee Bucks' game against the Atlanta Hawks because of a right ankle sprain.
Antetokounmpo aggravated the ankle injury after scoring 34 points in the Bucks' 128-118 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. He left the game midway through the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A robot walks into a bar. It goes CLANG.
Alexa and Siri can tell jokes mined from a humor database, but they just don't get them.
Linguists and computer scientists say this is something to consider on April Fools' Day: Humor is what makes humans special. When ...
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TORONTO (AP) - The Canadian Women's Hockey League will discontinue operations on May 1, the league announced Sunday.
The league announced the news a week after the 12th edition of its championship game, the Clarkson Cup.
"Unfortunately, while the on-ice hockey is exceptional, the business model has proven to be ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In 1961, Alabama marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War with white women dressed in hoop skirts parading through a coliseum and a re-enactment of the inauguration of the Confederate president at the state Capitol.
The state's 2019 bicentennial celebration is ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Russian Timofey Nasyukhin upset American Eddie Alvarez with a first-round technical knockout in the mixed martial arts One Championship on Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo's premier sumo venue.
Nasyukhin floored Alvarez with a right hand to the side of the head with 55 seconds left in the ...
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Fox host Jeanine Pirro returned Saturday to the airwaves after a two-week hiatus, taking aim at favorite targets such as "lying, liberal Hollywood hypocrites" without mentioning her absence.
Her show, "Justice with Judge Jeanine," aired for the first time since March 9, when Ms. Pirro touched off an uproar by ...
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LOS ANGELES — Jussie Smollett, who lost to "Grey's Anatomy" star Jessie Williams in the supporting actor in a drama series category, did not attend the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night.
It has been a tumultuous week for the "Empire" star after a felony case against him was dropped ...
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Voters in Ukraine are casting ballots in a presidential election Sunday after a campaign that produced a comedian with no political experience as the front-runner and allegations of voter bribery.
Opinion polls have shown Volodymyr Zelenskiy who stars in a TV sitcom about a teacher who ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The cream of women's basketball has risen to the top.
For the fourth time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams, all the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds advanced to the regional finals.
It last happened in 2012, when Baylor won the national championship. The ...
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Texas Tech shut down the nation's most efficient offense to reach its first Final Four in 93 years as a program.
Virginia erased the bitter taste of last year's historic NCAA Tournament flop by surviving Carsen Edwards' offensive onslaught to earn a spot in the national semifinals for the first ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Newman's boys' basketball team now has a new coach with a familiar face.
News outlets report Randy Livingston returns to his alma mater where his No. 50 jersey was retired in 2013. He replaces Jimmy Tillette, who recently retired after a 45-year coaching career that included ...
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KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - Ketchikan author Patrice Motschenbacher-Hammer has recently released her new fantasy novel, "The Weavings of Akaria," the first in her planned series: "The Veils of Wisdom."
Motschenbacher-Hammer sat down at a local coffee shop Wednesday with her husband, Bob Hammer, to talk about the journey of publishing ...
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NEWRY, Maine (AP) - The final event of the World Pro Ski Tour season is being held at Maine's Sunday River.
Skiers from Maine to California have participated in three previous events in Colorado and New Hampshire before the finale on Saturday in Maine.
This is the World Pro Ski ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has denied a request by TV actress Allison Mack for more time to negotiate a plea deal in the sex-trafficking case against an upstate New York self-help group.
Lawyers for Mack had asked federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis to delay a trial that's set to ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pinch-hitter Carson Kelly delivered an RBI double in the 13th inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks won the longest regular-season game in Dodger Stadium history, 5-4 over Los Angeles.
Pinch-hitter Christian Walker hit a tying three-run homer in the seventh for the Diamondbacks, who persevered to win ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Xavier scored two goals on Saturday as Nagoya Grampus beat Consadole Sapporo 4-0 to move into first place in the J-League.
Xavier put the hosts on the scoresheet with a left-foot shot from close range in the 17th minute at Toyota Stadium.
Nagoya widened ...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Defense was the key to teams advancing Friday night to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.
It might also be the difference Saturday when eight more teams try to reach the regional finals, including top seeds Notre Dame and Baylor.
The defending champion Irish ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Mitch Moreland began warming up with swings in the Boston clubhouse around the fifth inning. Manager Alex Cora nearly used Moreland as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning but thought it would be better to wait.
Good choice.
"When you get to that situation or think ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Charges against two Boston mayoral aides accused of bullying music festival organizers into hiring union workers may be going to trial after all.
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling dismissing extortion and conspiracy indictments lodged against Kenneth Brissette and Timothy Sullivan in connection ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors in the murder case chronicled on the podcast "Serial" tested evidence from the 1999 crime last summer and found that none matched DNA from the convicted killer.
Defense attorney C. Justin Brown tweeted Thursday that no forensic evidence links his client Adnan Syed to the killing ...
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LASUANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says it has disqualified three athletes, including a bronze medalist weightlifter from Azerbaijan, for doping at the 2012 London Olympics.
Valentin Hristov has been stripped of his third-place finish in the 56-kilogram class. His positive test, for oral turinabol, had been announced in December.
...TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Two-time Olympic gold medalist Hsu Shu-ching has apologized for testing positive for doping and says she is willing to accept her punishment.
The Taiwanese weightlifter was told of the result last year but the news was not made public until this week.
Hsu says the banned ...
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OSTERSUND, Sweden (AP) - From the Italian capital to western Mexico to a club located 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, a player who Alex Ferguson said "possessed as much natural talent as any youngster" at Manchester United is going to great lengths to revive his career.
And be sure, ...
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PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) - Elementary school students in a West Virginia county will start learning basic golf skills as part of their physical education classes.
The First Tee of West Virginia says in a news release that students at 17 schools in Mercer County will get golf instructions from physical ...
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Uzbekistan international Otabek Shukurov had his leg broken by China's Wei Shihao.
Inspite of that, he wants Chinese officials to go easy on Wei.
Wei's club team Guangzhou has handed him a one-month suspension for the tackle from behind. He could also be kicked off the seven-time Chinese champions.
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Duke got by a giant Tacko to reach the Sweet 16. Waiting for the Blue Devils in Washington will be a familiar foe.
Five days after escaping Central Florida and 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall, the Blue Devils play fellow ACC-er Virginia Tech on Friday.
The Hokies are one of four ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - President Donald Trump is calling on the FBI and Department of Justice to review how Chicago prosecutors handled the case against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
Prosecutors offered little explanation and infuriated Chicago's police chief and mayor this week when they dropped charges against Smollett related to making ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA says it charged Ireland for fans throwing tennis balls on the pitch to stop play, in protest against the national soccer federation's top official.
John Delaney, an elected member of UEFA's executive committee, has been criticized by Irish lawmakers and this week moved aside from ...
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LONDON (AP) - Art experts in Britain have discovered that a painting thought to be a fake Sandro Botticelli in fact came from the master's own Florence workshop.
After stripping back a century of yellowing varnish and surface dirt, conservators confirmed that "Madonna Of The Pomegranate" - a smaller version ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati Reds fans have milestones to celebrate during their annual opening day festivities.
Major League Baseball and the Reds this season are commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who pioneered professional baseball. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred will be grand marshal Thursday of the 100th ...
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PARIS (AP) - Europe's human rights court has rejected a case brought by activists who said British authorities infringed on their rights by banning demonstrations around the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The eight activists were detained for several hours on the wedding day for security reasons, ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United has made coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a permanent hire, and given him a three-year contract.
The decision on Thursday has seemed inevitable for weeks, as Solskjaer transformed United after Jose Mourinho was sacked in December.
Solksjaer has won 14 of his 19 games in ...
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BERLIN (AP) - German hard rock group Rammstein is being criticized for a video promoting the release of its new single "Deutschland" that features band members dressed as concentration camp inmates standing on a gallows.
Jewish groups and others called the video tasteless and unacceptable, while the government's anti-Semitism official, ...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - ESPN broadcaster Keith Olbermann has apologized for insulting and threatening a Mississippi turkey hunter who killed a rare white turkey.
The Clarion Ledger reports the former MSNBC political commentator tweeted Wednesday that he was sorry for his earlier tweet that threatened 22-year-old Hunter Waltman.
The threatening ...
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The closest thing to a long shot left in the NCAA Tournament is in the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years, made the Final Four a couple years ago and is led by a coach with almost 650 wins who has guided three programs to the dance.
...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - He's changed his Twitter name to Gregg "Perfect Bracket" Nigl.
The 40-year-old neuropsychologist from Ohio has become an overnight celebrity and is just 15 picks away from making that nickname impossibly right.
He's the only person among tens of millions to fill out NCAA Tournament brackets ...
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Denis Shapovalov worked the late-night shift to reach the quarterfinals at the Miami Open.
The 19-year-old Canadian left-hander beat 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in a match that started following a two-hour rain delay and ended shortly after 1:30 Wednesday morning.
...Caster Semenya accused IAAF president Sebastian Coe of opening "old wounds" in an interview in an Australian newspaper, where he said the two-time Olympic 800-meter champion and other female athletes with high levels of naturally occurring testosterone were a threat to fairness in women's sport.
In a statement released Wednesday, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The latest on the case involving attorney Michael Avenatti (all times local):
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The lawyer best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President Donald Trump says allegations of criminal wrongdoing against him are "absolutely absurd."
Michael Avenatti said in an ...
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Tate Martell originally wanted Miami to notice him in 2016.
The Hurricanes got around to it in 2019.
Martell took a long, winding road to Coral Gables before transferring from Ohio State earlier this year - and the quarterback insists that he's finally ready to ...
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MADRID (AP) — Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives have appeared in a Madrid court to answer allegations by a Cuban-born singer and producer that they plagiarized his work in their award-winning hit "La Bicicleta."
Shakira smiled as she entered the court in downtown Madrid on Wednesday. She didn't answer ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - With Obamacare under attack, Centene, a big player in the market, buys WellCare in deal worth more than $17 billion.
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) - Anne Bradstreet was the North American continent's first published poet, yet her legacy has largely been lost to time.
Now, professors and students at Merrimack College in Massachusetts are trying to pinpoint her burial site while at the same restoring her legacy and what they ...
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CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's actors union has revoked the membership of two performers after they took part in a briefing in Washington on proposed constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to extend his rule.
The union on Tuesday accused Khaled Abol Naga, also known as Kal Naga, and ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - When LSU interim coach Tony Benford played for Texas Tech in the 1980s, his coach saw him as a physically imposing, two-way guard who possessed an unassailable work ethic, an unshakeable psyche and a knack for hitting game-winning shots.
Former Red Raiders coach Gerald Myers ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Moviegoers in China are criticizing a censored version of the biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" which erases mentions of Freddie Mercury's sexuality.
The film chronicles the life of Mercury, lead singer of the legendary British rock band Queen.
Chinese audience members say scenes in which Mercury reveals that he ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The spring training finale showed just how much the Los Angeles Angels could miss slugger Justin Upton.
The outfielder will begin the season on the injured list with a sore right big toe, manager Brad Ausmus announced Tuesday. Not long afterward, the Angels were held hitless ...
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DALLAS (AP) - A 16-year-old Dallas-area girl recently shared her journey from home school to law school on ABC's "Good Morning America."
The Dallas Morning News reports Haley Taylor Schlitz, who graduated from high school at 13, is preparing to attend Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law this ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An investigation of the Portland Marathon and its organizers is expected to end as soon as the court signs a final settlement with the marathon's former medical director.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Mamie Wheeler worked alongside former Portland Marathon Director Les Smith for years.
Beginning in 2011, ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - Facebook is taking steps to reduce the spread of false information on its platforms ahead of India's general election, company officials said Monday.
Facebook listed a variety of measures it is taking, from blocking fake accounts to employing third-party fact-checking organizations, through the campaign and voting, ...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A judge has denied a suspended West Virginia University basketball player's bid to play in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.
The Dominion Post reports Theresa Ekhelar had sued the university, arguing she was arbitrarily punished twice.
The senior center's lawsuit says she was suspended for a ...
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - A Dutch art detective says he has recovered a valuable painting by Pablo Picasso 20 years after it was stolen from a wealthy Saudi's yacht in France.
Arthur Brand said Tuesday that he took possession two weeks ago of the 1938 painting "Buste de Femme" after trailing ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - When manager Andy Green walked to the mound on Monday night, the plan was set in motion.
He congratulated Chris Paddack on finishing off his brilliant spring training with the San Diego Padres by throwing 2 2/3 shutout innings against the Seattle Mariners. Green then turned to ...
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BEIJING (AP) - China's former internet censor, who once held high-profile meetings with industry leaders such as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges.
The Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Ningbo said Lu Wei ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Sweet 16 is set and Missouri State is crashing the party for the first time in 18 years.
The 11th-seeded Lady Bears, who last made it this far in 2001 when the team made its historic Final Four run, are the only double-digit seed to ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Kole Calhoun is ready for the season to start, as he showed on offense and defense in the second game of the Freeway Series.
Calhoun hit a home run and a double, but the Los Angeles Dodgers scored five times in the seventh inning of an ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It took a while, but finally - and with the carefully curated help of Oprah, Big Bird and Goldman Sachs - Apple has at last unveiled a new streaming TV service, its own branded credit card and a news subscription product.
The moves have been largely ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza Jr. injured his left knee when he slipped on home plate while scoring a run during an exhibition game against the Chicago White Sox.
Souza's plastic cleats skidded across the plate as he scored from second base in the fourth inning ...
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March 31: Actor William Daniels ("St. Elsewhere," ''Boy Meets World") is 92. Actor Richard Chamberlain is 85. Actress Shirley Jones is 85. Musician Herb Alpert is 84. Actor Christopher Walken is 76. Comedian Gabe Kaplan ("Welcome Back Kotter") is 75. Guitarist Mick Ralphs of Bad Company and of Mott The ...
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will address graduates at Michigan State University this spring.
The East Lansing school announced Monday that the Michigan State alumni would be commencement speakers. Cousins played quarterback for Michigan State before being drafted into the ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Hugh Jackman says he's looking forward to coming back to Broadway next year as a classic roguish traveling salesman in a play he first performed in as a teenager.
"I'm very, very excited about doing 'The Music Man'," he told The Associated Press.
The ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Germany's transport ministry says it stands by a cycling safety campaign that has drawn accusations of sexism even inside the governing coalition for featuring scantily clad women.
The campaign, launched by the conservative transport minister, aims to persuade young cyclists to wear helmets and uses the English-language ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A debut poet from Greensboro, North Carolina, has received a prize named for one of the country's greatest writers.
Leah Naomi Green won the Walt Whitman Award, the Academy of American Poets announced Monday. The award is given to emerging poets and comes with a $5,000 ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Six people were caught, and three of them were injured, in an avalanche in Cardiff Fork, located near Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Craig Gordon with the Utah Avalanche Center says about 6 inches (152 millimeters) of snow fell in a matter of about two hours on ...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A new exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art features a recently donated collection of Inuit art.
The museum in Ann Arbor is presenting "Tillirnanngittuq" (pronounced tid-ee-nang-ee-took), which showcases 58 works from the collection of Philip and Kathy Power that includes more than ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Noble, a longtime baseball writer and Hall of Fame voter who was a mainstay on the New York Mets beat for decades, has died. He was 70.
He died Sunday in Florida, according to Newsday and MLB.com. Newsday said a family member confirmed his death, ...
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Apple is expected to announce Monday that it's launching a video service that could compete with Netflix, Amazon and cable TV itself.
It's a long-awaited attempt from the iPhone maker, several years after Netflix turned "binge watching" into a worldwide phenomenon.
The new video service is expected to have original ...
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MIAMI (AP) - The playoff field is largely set.
The positioning, that's still anyone's guess.
So even while some of what we could have had for drama over the final 2½ weeks of the NBA regular season won't materialize - LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are already out ...
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The Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
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One of the matchups Sunday for the Sweet 16 features college basketball's tallest player going against its most dynamic star.
Duke has Zion Williamson, an explosive freshman widely expected to go No. 1 in the NBA ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Scott Hend of Australia closed with a 5-under 67, had to wait nearly two hours to see if it would be good enough, and then made a 3-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to win the Maybank Championship on Sunday.
Hend was one ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's government has told The Associated Press that singer R. Kelly has no planned concert and "has not been invited by the Dubai royal family."
The announcement Sunday in a statement comes after Kelly's lawyer claimed the artist had planned concerts in April.
A Chicago ...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - It's lights, camera, meow for a video festival that shows claws for a cause.
The Portland Museum of Art is billing Cat Video Fest 2019 as "a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos" culled from unique submissions, sourced animations, music videos, and, of ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The gambling debate in Connecticut is far from over, even though the federal government finally approved a planned satellite tribal casino in East Windsor.
Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont still has the challenging task of trying to negotiate a wide-ranging gambling agreement that doesn't violate the revenue-sharing ...
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Players at an annual city league-style basketball tournament in Alaska's capital city had a chance to get something new this year: special mouth guards.
Drs. Rochell Burke and Jordan White put together a program that supplied free mouth guards to any players in this year's Gold ...
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PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) - Their hands protected by layers of tightly bound tape, the players take turns swatting a small, hard ball at speeds that reach 115 kilometers (71.4 miles) per hour.
They are playing a match of Pelota Vasca, or "Basque Ball," a sport popular to its native Basque ...
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JOHNSON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's upcoming commencement season is going to have some star power.
Northern Vermont University-Johnson announced that Cyndi Lauper is going to deliver the commencement address on May 18.
The 65-year-old singer, songwriter and activist attended what was then known as Johnson State College in the 1970s. ...
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NEW YORK — Barbra Streisand apologized Saturday for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying that she should have chosen her words more carefully and that she admires the accusers for "speaking their truth."
Streisand had received bitter criticism online after ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The news is constantly on television at the Washington Capitals' practice facility, and like any workplace, there's no shortage of opinions.
"We're human beings, and people share different opinions and different political views," veteran team leader Brooks Orpik said. "It's no different than anybody else. People that ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast Conference showed conference supremacy in the opening round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
The two power conferences combined to go 13-1 in the first two days. The Pac-12 won all six of its contests, while the ACC went 7-1. The lone ...
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The NCAA and major college conferences will appeal a judge's ruling that the governing body violates antitrust laws by limiting education-related benefits to athletes.
In a statement released early Saturday, NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy said the district court "erred by giving itself authority to micromanage decisions about ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City officials say work to replace the lighting system along the Bricktown Canal will be underway by next year.
The city now has an architects' report recommending safety features not in place when 23-year-old Wesley Seeley of Tuttle died and 31-year-old Brian Gann of Van ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - College basketball has "March Madness," but this weekend is all about maple madness in New Hampshire.
Nearly 100 sugar houses will be open to the public Saturday and Sunday as part of the 24th annual New Hampshire Maple Weekend. Visitors can learn about how sap becomes ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - When Larry Robinson and Howard Robertson created a pilot for their sports talk radio program "R&R on Sports" in 2013, something was missing from the marketplace.
"At the time, there were no national syndicated sports radio shows with two African-American male hosts," Robinson says.
The two ...
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WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. (AP) - The U.S. alpine championships are shifting from Maine to New Hampshire.
The speed events have wrapped up at Maine's Sugarloaf and have moved to Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire for the slalom, parallel slalom and giant slalom events.
The first event on Saturday is ...
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CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) - New York state has acquired a tract in the Catskills that includes remnants of a historic hotel and provides increased access to a popular network of hiking and cross-country skiing trails.
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos says the 50 acres in the Greene County ...
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albanian coach Christian Panucci has been fired a day after his team lost to Turkey in a European Championship qualifier.
In a statement Saturday, the Albanian soccer federation said it had terminated the 46-year-old Italian's contract.
Albania lost 2-0 at home to Turkey in their opening ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Nacho Elvira took a big step towards clinching a first European Tour title after he fired a 6-under-par 66 for a two-shot advantage over David Lipsky after the third round at the Maybank Championship on Saturday.
Elvira has been on song since the opening round ...
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CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian singer has been banned from performing in her home country after suggesting that it does not respect free speech.
A video clip circulated online shows Sherine Abdel-Wahab, during a performance in Bahrain, saying: "Here I can say whatever I want. In Egypt, anyone who talks ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The first teams will earn their spot in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 on Saturday - and the upstarts are right there near the front of the line.
There are eight double-digit seeds left in the field of 32 entering the second round, three of those ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The worst season in the history of Vanderbilt men's basketball has cost coach Bryce Drew his job.
Vanderbilt went 9-23 and was the first team in 65 years to go winless in the Southeastern Conference. Drew went 40-59 record in three seasons with the Commodores.
The ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Ernie Els was two shots behind Maybank Championship leader Thomas Pieters on a crowded leaderboard after the second round on Friday.
Els carded a 2-under-par 70 to reach 6 under at the European Tour event.
There were 15 golfers within three shots of Pieters, who ...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Danny Manning will return for a sixth season at Wake Forest despite his third 20-loss season in five years.
Retiring athletic director Ron Wellman announced the decision Friday, 10 days after the Demon Deacons ended an 11-20 season with a loss to Miami in the first ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A line of classical musicians marching with picket signs in front of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's historic downtown building is fast becoming one of the city's must-see spots.
About 100 of the orchestra's musicians have been on strike since March 11, at odds with orchestra officials over ...
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ROME (AP) - Playing a Serie A match in China will be among the proposals discussed when a delegation linked to the visit of President Xi Jinping meets with the Italian football federation on Sunday.
The ANSA news agency says the meeting with China Media Group chief Shen Haixiong will ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain is backing its fans accused by British police of violent behavior ahead of a Women's Champions League match in London.
The club says in a statement on its website that British authorities offered no proof that PSG supporters' behavior warranted their exclusion from the quarterfinal ...
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MILAN (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping was received with full red-carpet honors by his Italian counterpart Friday, launching a two-day visit aimed at deepening ties through an ambitious infrastructure program that has raised suspicions among Italy's U.S. and European allies.
President Sergio Mattarella greeted Xi in the courtyard of ...
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) - The lawyer for a Portuguese man linked to the publication of internal documents that embarrassed top European clubs and soccer officials in the Football Leaks case says he is back in Lisbon after being extradited from Hungary.
Lawyer Francisco Teixeira da Mota says his client Rui ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Alternative rock band Shinedown will appear at the Illinois State Fair in August.
Officials announced Thursday that the multiplatinum-selling group will headline the Illinois Lottery Grandstand on Aug. 17.
Shinedown has sold 10 million albums worldwide, earned 11 platinum and gold singles and four platinum and ...
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FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - Grammy winning Alabama native Jason Isbell is bringing a new musical festival to the Shoals area.
The first-ever ShoalsFest is set for Oct. 5 and will feature performances by Isbell and The 400 Unit, Sheryl Crow, Mavis Staples and Amanda Shires - his wife - on ...
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SAO PAULO (AP) - Santos coach Jorge Sampaoli has given his pay back to the Brazilian club until his players get paid.
The Argentine says the club should pay every worker on the same day.
Brazilian media say Santos has not paid its players since the beginning of February. Club ...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Netherlands has woken up to a new star of right-wing populism, as the party of a Latin-quoting, philosophy-reading lawmaker surged past anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders - and all other politicians - in important local elections.
Thierry Baudet's Forum for Democracy emerged from the sidelines ...
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google is celebrating composer Johann Sebastian Bach with its first artificial intelligence-powered Doodle.
Thursday's animated Google Doodle shows the composer playing an organ in celebration of his March 21, 1685, birthday under the old Julian calendar. It encourages users to compose their own two-measure melody.
...MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police say they've arrested a man linked to drawing swastikas and writing "death" and "kill the Jews" around Miami Beach.
Investigators charged Sean Kenna late Wednesday with seven counts of felony criminal mischief. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle will now review the case for ...
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HINCKLEY, Ill. (AP) - A former northern Illinois police chief has been charged with official misconduct for allegedly recording a conversation with her boss.
Kimberly Everhart was taken into custody Tuesday after being accused of illegally recording a 2017 conversation with Hinckley Village President Nancy Nelson.
DeKalb County court records ...
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The Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers will open next season in Prague and the Buffalo Sabres and Tampa Bay Lightning will play two games in Stockholm as part of the NHL's Global Series.
Chicago and Philadelphia will face off in the Czech Republic's capital Oct. 4, while Buffalo and Tampa ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai found itself entangled in the sex abuse case against American R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday after the performer asked a U.S. judge to allow him to come to the Arabian Peninsula sheikhdom to perform shows and "meet with the royal family."
Officials ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee push to make it easier for some felons to get their voting rights restored has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
A House panel voted Wednesday to advance Republican Rep. Michael Curcio's bill to lift Tennessee's unique requirement for formerly incarcerated individuals to be up-to-date ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki is in the starting lineup for the Mariners against the Oakland Athletics in what might be his last game in the majors.
Seattle manager Scott Servais had earlier hinted that, after Ichiro started in a season-opening victory against the A's on Wednesday, he might not ...
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ROME, Ga. (AP) - Georgia-Pacific says it plans to invest $30 million at its lumber mill in Rome, Georgia.
The Rome News-Tribune reported this week that officials say the investment in new equipment will not directly create jobs at the facility, which currently has about 160 employees. Company spokesman Rick ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes to use his first visit to Lebanon this week to step up pressure on Iran and its local ally, Hezbollah. But he could face resistance even from America's local allies, who fear that pushing too hard could spark a backlash ...
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ROME (AP) - The president of Rome's city council has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes in a widening corruption scandal centered on Roma's long-delayed plans to build a new stadium.
Marcello De Vito of the governing 5-Star Movement was picked up by police for allegedly taking payments from the ...
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A high school lacrosse player in Delaware can't play in games because his head is too big.
The News Journal of Wilmington reports that 15-year-old Billy Boyd's head measures 25 inches around. An average grown man's head is about 21 to 23 inches in circumference.
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MILAN (AP) - Six Inter Milan fans received jail sentences Wednesday for the violent clashes with Napoli supporters that left one fan dead in December.
The sentences handed out by a Milan judge ranged from 22 to 44 months, with one fan reaching a plea bargain deal after collaborating with ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union regulators have hit Google with a 1.49 billion euro ($1.68 billion) fine for abusing its dominant role in online advertising.
It's the third time the commission has slapped Google with an antitrust penalty, following multibillion-dollar fines resulting from separate probes into two other parts of ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Very few teams coming off 100-loss seasons head to spring training full of confidence.
The Kansas City Royals are a rare exception.
Fresh off a strong finish to 2018, and after a quiet offseason for the first time in years, the Royals believe they are ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Books on slavery, the prison system and the Harlem Renaissance are among this year's winners of J. Anthony Lukas prizes, named for the late author and journalist.
Shane Bauer's "American Prison: Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment" won the $10,000 Lukas Book Prize for ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo Olympics organizers have unveiled their torch for next year's games, playing off the image of Japan's famous cherry blossoms.
The cherry blossom is Japan's most-loved flower. Organizers on Wednesday said the torch image was picked because the torch relay will begin a year from now in ...
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - Glenn Close will speak at William & Mary's commencement ceremony in May.
The Daily Press reported Tuesday that that the award-winning actress graduated from the school in 1974. She also received an honorary degree in 1989. She will be awarded an honorary fellowship at the upcoming ...
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Mike Trout is about to cash in.
Big time.
Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record for the largest deal in North American sports history, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The deal ...
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PARIS (AP) - When the top-ranked bridge player tested positive for a steroid that Lance Armstrong also used to cheat at the Tour de France, it was easy to snigger. Juicing in cards? Ha! But within the card game recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee, fans and ...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Walker Buehler had good command of his pitches and plenty of life on his fastball in his long-awaited Cactus League debut Tuesday night.
Ever the critic, though, the Los Angeles Dodgers' right-hander still found a few flaws.
"A little erratic, a little all over the place, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Novelist Tommy Orange keeps winning awards.
PEN America announced Tuesday that the author of "There There," the most honored literary debut of 2018, has received the PEN/Hemingway award for "distinguished" new novel. Orange's previous awards included a prize from the National Book Critics Circle for best ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Anderson Cooper has a two-book deal and plans to collaborate with historian-novelist Katherine Howe.
Harper announced Tuesday the 51-year-old CNN anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent will work on two books of nonfiction with Howe, who specializes in novels about witchcraft, including "The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs" ...
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John Mozeliak watched how the St. Louis Cardinals were galvanized following a managerial change midway through last season, then made a spirited run toward the playoffs that came up just short.
He decided a couple of pieces were all it would take to push the Cardinals over the top.
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HANOVER, N.H. (AP) -
A Dartmouth College professor of physics and astronomy was awarded one of the world's leading religion prizes for blending hard science and deep spirituality in his work, a foundation announced Tuesday.
The John Templeton Foundation is awarding its 2019 prize to Marcelo Gleiser, who has written ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA says nine soccer federations are interested in hosting the 2023 Women's World Cup including South Korea, which could jointly bid with North Korea.
Brazil and South Africa are in the contest, suggesting underused stadiums built to host the 2014 and 2010 World Cups could be picked.
...At this time of year, everyone's in search of a system - some way of simplifying the brackets and making it a little easier to pick one champion out of all those contenders.
You could go with the most experienced coaches, or perhaps the teams playing the best defense. Or ...
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Everyone got an early look at the women's NCAA Tournament bracket, revealing that UConn isn't a No. 1 seed for the first time since 2006.
The accidental early release of the 64-team bracket by ESPN just provided a couple of extra hours for the 11-time national champion Huskies to get ...
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Steve Blass spent his boyhood afternoons in Connecticut flinging a rubber ball against the side of a half-barn, fantasizing that he was pitching in the majors. Come evening, the 10-year-old would get his radio and tune into a game, delighted when Mel Allen's voice crackled from the transistor.
"When I ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.
Kevin Hayes and Tyler Myers also scored for the Jets, who have a three-point lead over Nashville atop the Central Division. Laurent ...
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BOSTON (AP) - When actor Billy Porter unveiled his combination tuxedo-ball gown at the Oscars last month, it got people talking.
Porter, the black and gay breakout star of the FX series "Pose," had bucked traditional Academy Award attire - fancy frocks for the ladies and basic tuxedos for men.
..."The Last Act: a Novel" (Dutton), by Brad Parks
Tommy Jump has worked in theater for a while, but with a fiancee who is pregnant, he realizes that he has to get a real job to generate a steady income. A friend Tommy hasn't seen in years approaches him with ...
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota State men's basketball team will be a No. 16 seed in the East Region for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, playing a First Four game against North Carolina Central on Wednesday.
The winner of that game that tips off at 6:40 ...
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FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man killed in a car crash last week has been identified as a former Major League Baseball player who was a member of the Seattle Mariners during its inaugural season.
News outlets report Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken says 72-year-old Leroy Stanton ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - UEFA has charged Cristiano Ronaldo for a provocative gesture mocking Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone after Juventus eliminated the Spanish club from the Champions League.
UEFA says its disciplinary panel will judge the charge of "improper conduct" on Thursday.
Simeone was fined 20,000 euros ($22,700) by ...
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MILAN (AP) - The directors of Italy's premier opera house, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, are meeting to decide whether to accept controversial funding from Saudi Arabia.
The meeting Monday came amid media reports last weekend that at least some of the 15 million euros ($17 million) had been deposited ...
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PARIS (AP) - Unbeaten in 13 matches, Reims is defying expectations and challenging for a place in European competition.
Remi Oudin is leading the way.
The 22-year-old attacking midfielder, who has an impressive left foot and an excellent first touch, is a homegrown product who joined the Champagne club when ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook is having trouble establishing a service providing its users with local news and information because of the lack of original reporting outlets.
The service was established last year and is currently available in some 400 cities in the United States. But the social media giant ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Four new sites have been added for this year's Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says this year's season opens 5 a.m. April 6 at 58 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state. The new sites are Baumann Lake in Cherry ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - An exhibit of astronaut Neil Armstrong's personal papers is opening at Purdue University ahead of the 50th anniversary of his famed walk on the moon.
"Apollo 11 in the Archives: Selections from the Neil A. Armstrong Papers" opens Monday at Purdue's Humanities, Social Science, and ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia television station is replacing "The Andy Griffith Show" after a successful 35-year syndication run.
The Roanoke Times reports that WDBJ-TV is moving the Mayberry-set sitcom to another channel it owns and replacing it with a new local newscast.
The show, which stopped making new ...
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The Atlantic Coast Conference comes into the NCAA Tournament with three No. 1 seeds.
Putting three teams in the Final Four is a different matter.
The last time one league had three teams in the national semifinals was 1985, the year the field expanded to 64 teams. Georgetown and St. ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roy Nwaisser has four degrees from the University of Southern California and is a superfan of its storied football squad - he hasn't missed a home or away game in 27 years.
But his devotion has been tested by a series of scandals culminating with the ...
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MILAN (AP) - Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus fell to its first Serie A defeat of the season as it lost 2-0 at Genoa on Sunday.
Substitute Stefano Sturaro, who was sold by Juventus in January after a lengthy injury spell, scored two minutes after coming off the bench for his ...
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - John Little can hardly go a week without a reminder that he and other Native Americans often are viewed as relics of the past: the Indian maiden on the butter container at the grocery store, the kids' teepees sold at popular retailers and the sports fans ...
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SION, Switzerland (AP) - The Swiss Football League says it supports a referee's decision to abandon the Sion-Grasshoppers game because of fans throwing fireworks on the field.
The league says it was logical to stop Saturday's game because of the danger faced by players.
Fans of last-placed Grasshoppers repeatedly threw ...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - As state legislatures decide whether to authorize sports gambling, lawmakers are debating whether the bets should be allowed to happen online.
Among their concerns is that the accessibility of online betting - especially on mobile devices - could be a pathway for minors to start gambling. ...
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President Trump said Sunday the late Sen. John McCain gave the controversial dossier to the FBI and media, hoping it would be printed before the election in an attempt to work with Democrats to defeat Mr. Trump in 2016.
Mr. Trump has denied the information detailed in the unverified and ...
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate on Saturday sent FIFA council member Mahfuza Akhter Kiron to jail after rejecting her bail application in a defamation case filed over derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Kiron, who also heads women's football at the Bangladesh Football Federation, had reportedly ...
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BERLIN (AP) - An Austrian town has burned what organizers says is the world's tallest bonfire, clocking in at 60.646 meters (198.97 feet).
The local bonfire group in Lustenau, near the Swiss border, took three months to build the structure. It burned down in less than half an hour Saturday ...
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Johnny Football is about to become Johnny Alliance.
Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel has joined the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football and will attempt to continue his playing career in the fledgling spring league.
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For the teams sliding around on the NCAA Tournament bubble, there are no more opportunities to change their resumes.
The only thing left is to wait for the brackets to be announced Sunday.
Some bubble teams used their respective conference tournaments to leave a good impression on the selection committee. ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Max Hazzard and Collin Welp each scored 23 points, UC Irvine made 61.8 percent of its shots from the field and the Anteaters won their second Big West Tournament title in five years with a 92-64 rout of Cal State Fullerton in Saturday night's championship game.
...DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - When Texas Southern and North Carolina Central tipped off on the second night of last year's First Four, the University of Dayton Arena next to Interstate 75 was still filling up with 12,732 spectators, the largest crowd in the eight-year history of the NCAA Tournament play-in ...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Twin River Casino is trying to add self-service kiosks for sports betting in time for the start of the NCAA basketball tournament.
The Rhode Island Department of Revenue said this week that testing is on schedule, with the goal of getting them running for March Madness ...
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NAOUSSA, Greece (AP) - Springtime in northern Greece is ushered with loud and colorful festivals, many hailing from centuries-old traditions, later tied to the religious calendar.
In villages across the region, there are drums, ear-piercing pipe music, customs passed on from grandparents, and what many consider to be the centerpiece ...
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DETROIT (AP) - When the recordings of the basic track arrived in Detroit from Chicago, Paul Riser Sr. knew it was time to get to work. But the orchestral arranger also knew he had something special to work with.
"It hit me the same way like everyone else in the ...
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Kemba Walker not only respects Bradley Beal, but the Charlotte Hornets star said he was a "huge fan" of the Washington Wizards guard. Sitting at his locker after the Hornets' 116-110 win Friday, Walker praised Beal's passion and energy.
But beyond Walker's admiration, the two can also relate to each ...
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YORK, Maine (AP) - Maine health officials are investigating a case of mumps at York High School.
The Maine Center for Disease Control says the unvaccinated student was not isolated during the beginning of their illness and may have exposed other students at York High School from March 6 to ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Delana Jensen Close was recently honored for a book that she finished last year at age 95.
In 1955, Delana Jensen Close began to write a book.
It's finished now; it just took 63 years.
Close, who turned 96 in February, published her debut novel, "The ...
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MONTE ISOLA, Italy (AP) - Step off the ferry onto Monte Isola and it feels like going back in time.
The factory of La Rete S.r.l. - an old-fashioned producer of nets for soccer goals - is indeed a throwback.
Workers still use their hands to weave the nets that ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Mary Goulding is a big reason why Fordham is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years.
The senior forward from New Zealand admits that the New York school wasn't on her radar until after her freshman year at a junior college ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - On the edge of a vast national forest, in one of Pennsylvania's most rural counties, Joe Carlton was browsing for laughs on a Friday night. The smell of buttered popcorn and candy lingered in the aisles while he scanned through movie titles.
Carlton, 35, picked up Spaceballs, ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Louis King scored 19 points, Payton Pritchard added 18 and Oregon outlasted Arizona State 79-75 in overtime Friday night in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals.
The sixth-seeded Ducks (22-12) dominated early, went into a second-half funk and fought their way back in a foul-filled second half.
Oregon's ...
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The IAAF's decision to drop the 5,000 meters from its Diamond League track and field series has been met with strong resistance from Ethiopia and Kenya, the East African nations whose athletes dominate long-distance events.
The Ethiopian Athletics Federation has written to IAAF president Sebastian Coe asking the governing body ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook is rolling out technology to make it easier to find and remove intimate pictures and videos posted without the subject's consent, often called "revenge porn."
Currently, Facebook users or victims of revenge porn have to report the inappropriate pictures before content moderators will review them. ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Since she took over as President Donald Trump's top housing official in the New York City area, Lynne Patton has been criticized for bringing a reality TV approach to what's traditionally been a bureaucratic job.
She's feuded with journalists, calling one White House reporter "Miss Piggy ...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - European weightlifting champion Florin Ionut Croitoru has tested positive for three different steroids in a retest of his sample from the 2012 Olympics.
The International Weightlifting Federation has suspended the Romanian, who was ninth in the 56-kilogram class at the 2012 Olympics. More than 30 other ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Country Music Hall of Fame legend Reba McEntire will perform this summer at the Illinois State Fair.
Officials say she will close out the lineup at the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage with a concert on Aug. 18.
McEntire is a household name whose career has spanned ...
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It's that time of Championship Week when programs on the NCAA Tournament bubble start to worry about bid thieves.
Saint Mary's already might have pulled off one of those swipes when it stunned No. 1 Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference on Tuesday. The Gaels had a shot at making ...
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Five seconds hardly seems worth talking about, and in a way it's not. Trimming the time between innings might save a minute or two over the length of a game, but the real heavy lifting toward solving baseball's many issues is still to come.
Eliminating one mound visit for the ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Out on Pensacola Bay, the combination of a fantastical-looking test boat called the Mule and technology from aviation giant Airbus is giving the New York Yacht Club's American Magic a flying start toward trying to win the America's Cup in two years.
When the 38-foot Mule ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Megan Lincoln couldn't put her son into hockey right away when he wanted to play.
She didn't have the time to take off from work to shuttle him to practice or the money to pour into a traditionally expensive sport.
"Nothing is cheap," Lincoln said. "There's nothing ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In a crowded hallway at Scanlon Ice Rink, Logan Johnson slid into his pads as his brother Malakye and sister Wylla skittered around sticks and bags bulging with hockey equipment.
Their mother, April, tried to keep order and Wylla asked whether a board game of Candy Land ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Deshon Taylor recorded 18 points and 10 assists to carry Fresno State to a 76-50 win over Air Force in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Thursday night.
Aguir Agau had 16 points for Fresno State (23-8). Nate Grimes added 13 points. New ...
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PARIS (AP) - France coach Didier Deschamps recalled Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman and Paris Saint-Germain left back Layvin Kurzawa for upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Moldova and Iceland.
They both last played for France in November 2017, while Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko and Everton ...
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MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a Michigan high school student has been charged after allegedly making a rap video that appeared to threaten a school shooting.
Marysville Public Safety Chief Tom Konik tells the Times Herald of Port Huron that the 16-year-old Marysville Public Schools student was charged Wednesday ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, who championed the federal law banning discrimination against women in college admissions and sports, has died. He was 91.
Bayh died early Thursday surrounded by his family at his home in Easton, Maryland, according to a statement released by his family. His ...
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There's always that moment on roller coasters when the lap bar gets locked down and you slowly, agonizingly ride up to the first drop. You know the next few minutes are going to be harrowing - you just don't know how bad. So here's a warning about the new animated ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona says forward Ousmane Dembele will be sidelined for up to a month because of a left leg muscle injury, putting in doubt his availability for the Champions League quarterfinals.
Dembele was a second-half substitute as Barcelona routed Lyon 5-1 in the second leg of the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Three Saudi women's rights activists whose arrests last year have been condemned worldwide are being honored by PEN America.
Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan have won the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, the literary and human rights organization announced Thursday. The award was established ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid has signed young Brazilian defender Eder Militao from Portuguese club Porto.
Madrid says the 21-year-old player signed a contract until June 2025 and will join the squad next season.
Militao had been playing with Porto since signing from Brazilian club Sao Paulo at the beginning ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The pop star Pink added another member to her family this week when she adopted a puppy while in Tennessee on her "Beautiful Trauma" tour.
The Tennessean reports the pup has been named Nash, which the star says is short for Nashville. Pink posted a photo ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese entertainment company Sega has cancelled shipments of its video game "Judgment," also known as "Judge Eyes," after one of its actors was arrested on drug charges.
The health ministry's drug division said actor and musician Pierre Taki, 51, was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of ...
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Desmond Bane's clutch 3-pointer was a great thing for TCU's NCAA Tournament aspirations.
Several mid-major programs trying to squeeze into the Big Dance probably aren't as thrilled.
Bane's corner 3-pointer in the closing seconds pushed TCU over Oklahoma State 73-70 in the Big 12 Tournament . The Horned Frogs (20-12) ...
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TORONTO (AP) - Brendan Perlini had a goal and two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks held off a furious Toronto comeback to beat the Maple Leafs 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist, and Duncan Keith, Dominik Kahun and Alex DeBrincat also scored as Chicago ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - A person familiar with the deal says the Cleveland Browns and free agent tight end Demetrius Harris have agreed to a two-year contract.
Harris, who backed up Pro Bowler Travis Kelce in Kansas City, will be added to the roster when the NFL free agency signing period ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' highest court on Wednesday reinstated the late Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction, which was erased after the former NFL star killed himself in prison.
The Supreme Judicial Court also scrapped the legal principle that wiped out Hernandez's conviction for future cases, calling it "outdated and no longer ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A Florida prep school administrator has been suspended from his school after he was accused of taking college admissions tests for students as part of a scheme in which wealthy parents bribed coaches and other insiders to get their children into elite universities.
IMG Academy in ...
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